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J. M. WILLIAMS.

WATER ELEVATOR AND CARRIER.-

NO- 299,043 Patented May 20, 1884.

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JULIUS MARIAN WVILLIAMS, OF DUTCH MILLS, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO JAMES T. WILLIAMS, OF SAME PLACE.

WATER ELEVATOR AND CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,0t3, dated May 20,1884.

Application filed February 6, 1884. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Bcit known that I, JULIUs-M. WVILLIAMs, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Dutch Mills, in the county of Washington and State ofArkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in TaterElevators and Carriers; andI do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective viewof my im proved water elevator and carrier. Fig. 2 is a side elevationof the same upon its track. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section;and Fig. 4 is a perspective detail view of the latch which holds thebucket-rope.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre' sponding parts in all thefigures.

'My invention has relation to that class of elevators and carriers whichare adapted to run upon a suspended rope or wire; and it consists in thedetailed construction, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed,01" a device or apparatus which is particularly adapted for carryingwater from a well to the house where the water is to be used, thussaving frequent trips to the well, and also the labor of carrying abucket filled with water from the well to the house.

In the accompanying drawings, a is a board or plank,whi'ch, inconnection with the bottom sill, B, and side 0, formsthe body of thecarriage, said parts being bolted firmly together and furtherstrengthened by the straps or end pieces, D, of iron, the upper parts ofwhich are bent to form bearings. E for the rollers F, which are groovedto adapt them to run smoothly upon the wireway or ropeway G. The ropewayis suitably attached at one end to a window in the house, and at theother end to a suitable support at the well, it running at a suitableincline from the house to the well, so as to enable the carriage to runto the well by its own gravity. At one end of the carriage, and to, theunder side of the same, is hung the dog H, the inner end of which has aneye, I, through which the buck et-rope J passes, K indicating thebucket. The bucket-rope passes through a hole, L, in the bottom of acarriage, and overa grooved roller, M,underneath the latch N, andthrough an eye-piece, O, which forms a fulcrum for the latch N. Thelatter consists of a piece of strap iron or band-iron, which is bent ordoubled to form two parallel arms,and a crosshead, I notched in itsunder side, as shown at Q. An arm, R, is inserted transversely throughthe latch a short distance back of the notched cross-head, resting withits projecting end upon the side piece, 0, of the carriage.

The operation of the device is as follows: The carriage, being releasedfrom its anchorage at the window,will travel by its own gravity down theinclined rope to the well, where the dog H will engage a catch fastenedto the support at that end of the ropeway, in a manner well understoodin devices of this class. At the same time the projecting arm R of thepivoted latch N, striking the inclined board or slat S, will be lifted,thereby releasing notch Q from the bucket-rope and permittingthe'holding-knot T upon the bucket-rope to pass under the latch, therebylowering the bucket by its own gravity into the well. After it has beenfilled with water, the bucket is raised from the well by pulling uponthe bucketrope, and when the top ofthe bucket strikes the inner end ofthe pivoteddog H its outer end will be released, so as to disengage thecarriage, which is now drawn with the bucket full of water up to thehouse by pulling on the rope J. The bucket is held suspended under thecarriage by the knot T on the bucket-rope catching in under the notch Qin latch N I, which will fall into place by its own gravity as soon asits arm R is released from board S.

I am aware that hay elevators and carriers have been constructed beforewith automatically-operating dogs or latches arranged substantially asin my device, and for a similar purpose, and I do not therefore claimsuch construction, broadly; but

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure to me by LettersPatent of the United States, is

The combination of the carriage having selfoperating dog H, the bucketand bucket-rope In testimony that I claim the foregoing as having knotor enlargement T, the hinged my own Ihave hereunto affixed my signaturelatch consisting of parallel arms NN, cross in presence of twowitnesses.

head 1?, having notch Q, and projecting arm JULIUS MARIAN WILLIAMS. 5 R,and eye-piece O, forming a guide for the \Vitnesses:

bucket-rope, as and for the purpose shown JAMES A. BATEMAN,

and specified. M. E. BLEVINs.

